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No Country For Old Men
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Jazen May 20 2008, 01:55 PM Post #1
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What did you guys think of it? I liked it and probably would have rated it an 8. But when Josh Brolin's character, Llewelyn Moss, was on the run and speaking with Anton Chigurh (the bad guy) on the phone, he said "I'm going to make you MY project", I seriously thought we were going to see some kick ass revenge.

I suppose having it end the way it did was more realistic, but to me it was ironically anti-climactic.

Great movie, but definately different.
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sirbrianwilson May 20 2008, 03:28 PM Post #2
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i really enjoyed the movie. not enough for it to crack my top 25, but definitely was happy i downloaded it.

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I thought it was good, except for he ending. I didn't like the ending.
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yawnzzz May 20 2008, 09:55 PM Post #4
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The ending ruined the entire movie for me.
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BoilerTheFU May 20 2008, 10:21 PM Post #5
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Disliked it and I am a Coen brothers fan. The unstoppable evil thing is kind of run out for me read and seen to much stuff like it. Also Chirguh's use of silencers on shotguns is just not possible especially if you know how a shotgun works. (even if he was using slugs) The use of the cattle gun was creative but stupid in the fact that it worked the same way every time. The story was simple for me it could of used some more twists. The ending was defiantly un-climatic but sets up a sequel nicely.
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frankwhite6 May 20 2008, 10:29 PM Post #6
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What is it about the ending that people don't like?

I felt the ending was one of the more powerful endings in recent memory. Honestly, I was confused as soon as the screen went black and and I thought for ten seconds or so....and then it all came crashing down and it made sense.

The movie was full of symbolism, from start to finish and in order to truly grasp what the ending was all about you had to of paid attention to everything that was going on throughout the entire film.

For example, both Bardem and Jones set in front of the same blank TV screen....
Both Bardem and Brolin ask for clothes from strangers...
etc.

I'll let you interpret their meaning. But things like this were going on throughout the whole movie, and they all have to do with what the ending was trying to get across.
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brumdog44 May 20 2008, 11:52 PM Post #7
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I'd give it an 8.5. I was fine with the ending.

I like most Coen brothers movies....Barton Fink was incredibly underrated. Miller's Crossing is also a very good early Coen movie.

However, I never cared for Fargo.
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sirbrianwilson May 21 2008, 12:04 AM Post #8
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i loved the ending. i'm starting to hate movies that spoon-feed you down the garden path.

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frankwhite6 May 21 2008, 12:18 AM Post #9
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May 20 2008, 10:21 PM
Disliked it and I am a Coen brothers fan. The unstoppable evil thing is kind of run out for me read and seen to much stuff like it. Also Chirguh's use of silencers on shotguns is just not possible especially if you know how a shotgun works. (even if he was using slugs) The use of the cattle gun was creative but stupid in the fact that it worked the same way every time. The story was simple for me it could of used some more twists. The ending was defiantly un-climatic but sets up a sequel nicely.

I had nothing to do with the making of No Country For Old Men. Nor do I know anyone who was associated with the process of making the film. But I can assure you, they didn't set anything up intentionally to give off the perception of a sequel and a sequel has never crossed their minds.

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May 20 2008, 10:21 PM
Disliked it and I am a Coen brothers fan. The unstoppable evil thing is kind of run out for me read and seen to much stuff like it. Also Chirguh's use of silencers on shotguns is just not possible especially if you know how a shotgun works. (even if he was using slugs) The use of the cattle gun was creative but stupid in the fact that it worked the same way every time. The story was simple for me it could of used some more twists.  The ending was defiantly un-climatic but sets up a sequel nicely.

I had nothing to do with the making of No Country For Old Men. Nor do I know anyone who was associated with the process of making the film. But I can assure you, they didn't set anything up intentionally to give off the perception of a sequel and a sequel has never crossed their minds.

Since the movie was based on a book by Cormac McCarthy, and as far as I know he hasn't written a sequel to the book, i doubt there will be a sequel to the movie.

I haven't actually seen the movie yet, so I can't comment too much about it. My wife is out of town next weekend though, and I am going to do nothing but sit on my ass and watch movies and read. So I got it on my list.
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BoilerNLA May 21 2008, 11:34 AM Post #11
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Blood Simple is in my Top Ten. Brilliant.

I haven't seen No Country for Old Men. If McCain is elected, I may check it out.
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I'd give it an 8.5. I was fine with the ending.

I like most Coen brothers movies....Barton Fink was incredibly underrated. Miller's Crossing is also a very good early Coen movie.

However, I never cared for Fargo.

...wow brum you are extremely unpredictable when it comes to movies...i never know what you would or would not like...don't get me wrong, that's not a knock...

...anyway no country without a doubt deserved best picture of the year...i fully agree with everything frankwhite said...for those of you who didn't like the ending, please at least give it one more viewing...
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brumdog44 May 21 2008, 03:39 PM Post #13
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I'd give it an 8.5.  I was fine with the ending.

I like most Coen brothers movies....Barton Fink was incredibly underrated.  Miller's Crossing is also a very good early Coen movie.

However, I never cared for Fargo.

...wow brum you are extremely unpredictable when it comes to movies...i never know what you would or would not like...don't get me wrong, that's not a knock...

...anyway no country without a doubt deserved best picture of the year...i fully agree with everything frankwhite said...for those of you who didn't like the ending, please at least give it one more viewing...

The "no ending" rule to me has to be played very cautiously....Cloverfield didn't do it, IMO. No Country did. In Barton Fink, I thought they also pulled it off.

Over the top action movies -- like Cloverfield, although I was underwhelmed by the action -- simply can't get by without an ending (especially at just over 70 minutes). Movies that tell a story...like No Country or Barton Fink can, because they are looking to tell a story of a situation. Situations don't come in nice, neat, packaged endings all the time.
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i loved the ending. i'm starting to hate movies that spoon-feed you down the garden path.

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I hate spoon fed endings as well, but I hated that ending. When you have a high octane movie, you don't end on a fade out message unless you at least have an interesting twist. Yeah... I got the message, but there was about a million better ways of saying that exact same point without just having a boring monologue.
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brumdog44 May 21 2008, 06:40 PM Post #15
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i loved the ending.  i'm starting to hate movies that spoon-feed you down the garden path.

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I hate spoon fed endings as well, but I hated that ending. When you have a high octane movie, you don't end on a fade out message unless you at least have an interesting twist. Yeah... I got the message, but there was about a million better ways of saying that exact same point without just having a boring monologue.

And just when you thought that The Departed might spoon feed you the ending...BAM.
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